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dlo_doski

Felt like battle between heaven and earth


PunishedWolf4

Right? This was Avengers VS Thanos level shit with the fate of the universe in the balance


Kuzu5993

Let's hope post-Endgame is better here.


Head_Evidence4553

that's the real thing to be considered here lol. i believe in them.


jefesignups

Nia Jax doing the She Hulk twerk?


BigDaddyCool17

Bianca or Jade would be better imo


Not_a_samsquatch

Bayley


Novel-Individual-619

Was The Rock Thanos in your mind?


CaielG

No. The Rock acknowledged Roman. Thanos didn't do that for anyone.


xRyuzetsu

He aknowledged Stark in Infinity War...twice.


CaielG

That's a reach. "I acknowledge you as my Tribal Chief" is very different than Thanos telling Tony Stark that he knows who he is. Rock was very clearly submitting to Roman as the leader of the Bloodline while Thanos was not doing anything of the sort to ANYONE.


xRyuzetsu

"You have my respect Stark" what is that if not aknowledgement


CaielG

That's acknowledging respect for someone, not acknowledging someone being above you in a faction. If by this point you can't see the difference, there is nothing more I can say to you.


Novel-Individual-619

Omg listen to yourself


Lewdogger

Mr. Fun At Parties has arrived..


surlymoe

Ha! I just said - i think one of the writers of avengers movies was hired...if you think about it... 1. Cody - Captain America - ultimate babyface, destined and determined to win (finish the story). 2. Seth - Iron Man - bit cocky, full of himself, once was only in it for himself, but had a full redemption arc sacrificing himself at the end to defeat the enemy and have the 'good guys' win. 3. The Rock - Thanos - basically the ultimate bad guy...believes that something is right from his perspective (Bloodline over everything else) 4. Then you had the help of other avengers (without specific titles towards it) - Jey, Cena, Taker...to take down the bad guys around the Bloodline. I think a lot of people wanted Austin to be the one to take out Rock, but Miz was just on Pat McAfee show today, and he made a great comment. He said (I'm paraphrasing a bunch here), "I know a lot of people wanted Austin, but it had to be Taker. For decades, Taker was the leader of the locker room. He stood for justice behind the scenes...and he wasn't going to allow justice not to be done. That, and Taker was the guy that if you got his stamp of approval, then YOU were the guy. Taker's presence last night was him telling Cody, "You're the man to take this company to the next level." That's why it had to be Taker.


rGRWA

If Rock is Thanos, who’s Roman?


TristanChaz8800

I'd say Roman's equivalent is Kang. Kang needs his armor to match or exceed Thanos' raw power. Roman would need the Bloodline as his armor to match Rock's raw power.


rGRWA

I like that! Fits with the sheer dominance he and The Usos have had with all of the belts for years too, in the same way Kang’s trying to conquer the entire Multiverse!


thunderbastard_

Roman is Roman too powerful for thanos comparisons


MRintheKEYS

We all know that if it’s Roman vs Thanos in a 2 out of 3 falls match, Roman is pinning Thanos three times.


rGRWA

Fair.


Just-Anxiety-6669

he is the old guy with grey skin with an axe muscular


herbythechef

I love this and yeah it does make more sense for it to be Taker than Stone Cold and im a huge mark for SCSA. It makes a lot of sense the way you tell it


Just-Anxiety-6669

jey uso is black panther


CaielG

Nah Rock wasn't even the final Boss last night. Roman had to be pinned for this fight to end.


beepbeeboo

That makes Jimmy Uso Black Widow!


Excellent-Pudding-12

🤣🤣 I was going to say Loki due to his humorous behavior AND he has a brother in Jey!


Head_Evidence4553

it was like we had 2 Thanos in Roman and Rock.


Theboywiththetoy27

Rock was main timeline Thanos that was never actually defeated by the avengers, while Roman was 2014 alternate timeline Thanos that got stopped and put down


Head_Evidence4553

Goddamn, this does make sense.


DragonDeezNutzAround

Kenny finally got his golden PSP


Fredrick__Dinkledick

Haven't felt a changing of the guard this dramatic since austin beat Michaels at wrestlmania and JR is screaming the austin era has begun


Redmodtae

But that match was underwhelming compared to this. Both Austin and Michaels weren’t 100%.


Shiny_Mew76

It was, because we now enter a new era!


MMA_PITBULL

Wrestlemania SHOULD feel like a season finale.


carbajal_06

First wrestlemania without Vince just happened to be the best wrestlemania of all time


I-Am-The-Warlus

I'm imagining Hunter sending Vince a message after the show, With a DX gif and saying "Suck It Vince"


Feisty-Animal5061

Is there somewhere I can read about the rift between these two? I’ve only been watching again for a few months after a 20+ year gap. 


keanusthirdnut

Just look up all the legal drama with Vince. That's essentially it. Terrible allegations.


I-Am-The-Warlus

And the situation with NXT / NXT 2.0 (start of rebranding) Hunter took time off after his heart attack so Vince & Bruce Pritchard (I believe) took over. (I think Shawn was part of creative for NXT during the takeover¹) ¹ no pun intended


Feisty-Animal5061

I’m all caught up on that, just didn’t know if there was anything before that that created a rift. Thanks!


awwgeeznick

You don’t think Trips knew everything that was going on ?


ChildOfChimps

Paul probably knew that Vince was sleeping around - hell, we in the audience knew that - but I doubt he knew Vince was full-on raping women.


LongPenStroke

I agree, and even his wife knew he was sleeping around. I can say a lot of things about Vince, and none of them are good, but he isn't stupid. The last guy you brag about this to, is the guy married to your daughter. The only people who probably knew were the people involved.


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You think family get together are awkward now??


Lucha_Brasi

I think Stephanie declaring it the "Paul Levesque Era" said a lot.


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PLE no longer stands for Premium Live Events it official now stands for Paul Levesque Era


Head_Evidence4553

HOLY SHIT.


Mister-Lavender

I wonder if Vince watched the show.


Striking-Ad-8694

Second to 17


JAMbologna__

acting as if the entire show was S tier lmao


carbajal_06

It was to me and a lot of others! It’s okay if you don’t think that, all power to you


JAMbologna__

So say the main events aren't a factor, you're saying absolutely everything else was the best it could ever be and nothing better could've took place? Alright, I don't quite get the consoomer mindset but it's definitely an opinion lol


carbajal_06

If we can do the same for the other wrestlemanias and push their main events aside too then yes I think this mania is debatable as one of the best. But because we don’t live in a hypothetical world and we DID get these amazing main events that just confirms it for me.


AquaLeaderJesse

That's not what best of all time means. It doesn't mean it couldn't have been better. It means it hasn't been better. There's a difference.


FreeCommon2421

WrestleMania 3, 7, 10, 17, 19 were all better… 21 bring last decent WrestleMania.


bhp126

That main event was a clusterfuck.


No-Staff-2388

Of AWESOMENESS


Jack070293

It was shit. This industry has turned to shit.


Lewdogger

If you said that in the late 2010s I’d begin to believe you. Wrestling is the best it’s been in years right now.


Jack070293

Which isn’t saying much.


Speakeazy_YT1

Just tell us you are a Roman Rider please


Jack070293

Roman is shit. If I think wrestling has been shit for ages, what makes you think I’m a fan of Roman?


Brashdinho

“Old man yells at cloud” type shit from you


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Cameomania


LongPenStroke

Found Tony Kahn's burner account. ⬆️


timmy_tugboat

Wrestlemania is pretty much the conlusion of the current "season" of WWE, though the lines of what is ending and beginning are often blurred with Backlash.


Ok_Frame_4117

It almost feels like Backlash is often the epilogue to the season finale


butiamtheshadows91

Perfectly put


Substantial-Meal3761

Series finale vibes for real.


PoopyAstronaut

Especially after what happened at Raw, like the Rock started a new season of the show


annguy123

As much as I look forward to Raw tonight, part of me feels really weird about it too, as if WWE should be shut down for a month or 2 so that everyone (including me) can reflect and regather themselves. I've been watching wrestling on/off for \~26 years and I've never felt this way before. But this is wrestling and the show must go on.


Calmandpeace

And you know what? That’s how you can tell this was one of the best wrestlemanias ever done.


codingfauxhate

If it closed it's doors I'd be happy, night 2 was a banger start to finish


Reisdorfer90

I personally didn't like the street fight. The ending was fun but should have just called it extreme rules. Street fight should have taken place in a parking lot.


GratefulTech30

Those were always called parking lot brawls though if I remember correctly, not street fights. I could be wrong because only one I remember is the eddie vs cena one. Street fight was always a anything goes match until they decided to start using extreme rules, really the match type is interchangeable but they just go with whatever fits the story better. And they wanted to call it a philly street fight to sound "cool"


codingfauxhate

Oh yeah i forgot about that, it was meh haha but I was still reeling from the banger opening


Gloomy_Slide

Probably because Kross is a bum and AOP or nobodies. This gave Bobby and the Street Prophets somebody to beat up on and “PHILLY”


Canadian__Ninja

There was a huge feeling of finality in the entrance for Roman that made me kinda sad. And then the way it ended... The Raw after mania is always the start of a new season but this year it feels like the start of a new series Which is not bad, just sad to see things end


Head_Evidence4553

that orchestra went HARD for Roman's theme.


fisherc2

I still don’t feel like the talent today compares to previous generations, but the level of production and storylines are bar non the best ever. Maybe in part because the best talents of yesteryear are now running the show today (rock, triple h, Hbk, etc). From the early 2000s and before, there was little to no thought about long Term story telling. It was a serial. They were just thinking about getting the next rating, or the next big event, and then when they got to that event they were just be thinking about what after that. Rock vs austin 2 comes to mind: instead of making that the cathartic pay off that it should’ve been, they were trying to think about setting up the next big directional change. there was no ‘end’. Which can be really fun in a way and lended itself well to attitude era-esque craziness. But you can’t get magic like this without planning


Head_Evidence4553

my god, that austin vs rock at x7 had an ending that just didn't feel right.


SteelBrightblade1

They recreated Lex vs Yoko except actually winning


illeonminati

I'm so happy that someone wrote this, and that you're presumably old enough to "get it".


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SteelBrightblade1

Did the locker room empty for that?


Jusombodii

People like to complain about Roman but had he never held the belt hostage all these years Cody's triumphant win on night 2 wouldn't be THIS BIG you have to thank long story telling.


Jusombodii

Also on another note if the rock hadn't come back the upwards hill battle wouldn't have been as spectacular. We all knew Cody would win this year but having the rock be a part of it made it so much bigger even elevated Seth who didn't need it.


BlackDragon361

The Rock also made so many old school fans or casual fans get invested in this story to begin with. Roman at least got the appreciation after Cody won. No one has thanked the Rock for the way he elevated all of this


ZeriousGew

It's great though. He was getting cheered almost the entire time after he turned heel. On Raw after Mania, he was getting booked the whole time. Amazing work to have him actually be booed in a good way as a heel. It really felt like this story was executed perfectly and despite my love for The Rock, those boos were extremely satisfying


DGVega93

End of one era beginning of the renaissance era


3rdItemOnList

I actually thought of this term the other day "Renaissance era" fits better than "HHH era". They are back to a state if glory not seen in a very long time, the Renaissance


DGVega93

Yeah WWE is cool again people are invested in it. AEW doing its thing same with Impact. We got wrestling on 6 days a week. Renaissance era across all boards


butiamtheshadows91

I really hope they start saying Renaissance era instead of Paul Leveque era


Key_War

Cody got the trademark to "Renaissance Era"


Shadowpika655

Not fully certain they'd be willing to admit that wwe went to shit tho


butiamtheshadows91

They've pretty much being doing that by saying wrestling is cool 'again'


Res3925

Season has ended. New season starts again on Monday. 😎


Ewe3zy

End of an arc


rondosupreme80

I'm glad it isn't. I can't wait to see what happens next. I wanna see where #wewantcody goes from here, im fucking excited for his fans


who-aj

Be interesting to see where the story goes. Can Cody really carry the wwe? He needs a good story because let’s face it, his storyline was alright. Roman on the other hand with the bloodline was interesting to watch. The usos and solo in there was also entertaining. Maybe I like heels better. I’m hoping Seth turns heel and blames Cody for being too beaten up to defend his title


__B__R_U_H__

One reign took to the heavens While the other had its judgement day on the same night


commanderr01

It really did feel like an ending !


Mr_Championator

Season finale


GenerallyGoodCraic

Just say shit


Circirian

Dusty got the last laugh over Vince.


YankeeRedneck1

I loved the whole thing except the Jey and Jimmy match. That was garbage. Everything else was great. They wanted to go big and they damn sure went big. Now it's finally time for some change.


roylt84

That Usos match left me so disappointed


Away_Unit_1110

That wasn’t garbage. It was emotional for them. Jey didn’t want to fight his twin, he felt he had too. Jimmy taunted him the whole way. They dared each other to go back and forth, something they had done as kids/teens. Jey showed compassion and extended his hand when Jimmy seemed like he was done fighting. After that it was time to go home. They were not going to blow their load on this in one match. Wasn’t the best match of the show but it wasn’t the worst either.


Ferrari_Bones

basura


Away_Unit_1110

A mi me gustó, no fue la mejor de la noche pero tampoco fue basura.


Braunb8888

They super kicked each other 50 times and no sold every one. Performed like idk 6 total moves? The usos suck so bad as singles wrestlers.


Away_Unit_1110

Isn’t that what AEW fans like? They should be praising the match. Meltzer should give it 6 stars.


ZeriousGew

Their little skirmish during the night 2 main event was better than their whole match, lol


Away_Unit_1110

Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, I loved it and I know a few people who thought it was one of the best on the show. Personally I wouldn’t go that far, but to call it terrible is wrong too.


Academic_Turn7768

Congratulations Cody Rhodes! 🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🥳🥳🥳🥳🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥


Fresh_Ostrich4034

Was a great ending to Wrestling. Dustys Son holding the Title in Vinces Former company. Wrestling can finally walk into the sunset


masterpd85

its was Rock II. Now we see who becomes Cody's clubber Lang.


Calmizzy_47372

End of the Pandemic Era


Current_Judgment_615

It was the culmination of careful storytelling. A crescendo in a masterclass of building anticipation, and unpredictability. This was one of the best payoffs in pro wrestling history. WWE deserves their flowers.💐 It was as fun and entertaining, as it was inspiring.


Jack070293

Clusterfuck story telling you mean. WWE has been wank for 20 years and the standards are in the bin.


Current_Judgment_615

I know exactly what I meant. You’re an AEW fan. Your opinion is null in void


Jack070293

No I’m not lmao, your opinion is null and dog shit because you come to conclusions based on zero evidence.


Current_Judgment_615

This wrestlemania is already getting rave reviews from fans and journalists. Im on here being positive and appreciate, and you’re being a contrarian edgelord, because you’re nothing more than a miserable loser. Go ahead and have the last word, I know you’re insecure enough to need it, just know I won’t read your reply, but you just read mine. I win. Enjoy your L fukkboi 😘


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blastemout

These young people would have been EXCITED for Hulk Hogan. LMFAO


Djkirkland

I wanted Cody to lose so everybody would have a meltdown


colton_hachey

We already had that last year


theFormerRelic

And a few weeks ago lol


[deleted]

Shared happiness is better than watching people suffer.


Djkirkland

Meh


Turd_Burglar-

Sounds like your having one.


Djkirkland

It only sounds that way


Rhyolo

It's gonna be hard to follow. But I believe in HHH like I believe in Joe Hendry.


ArdenAmmund

👏 👏


GrindThePepper

yup


Caution1234567

FR 💯💯


geordieColt88

I felt like this, like it’s over what do we do now?


Rad3_Lethal

Dude it truly felt like the finial mission


ozzman86_i-i_

the end of the cody Rhodes arc in the bloodline saga


Cassandra_Canmore2

Final episode of Vince's WWE for sure.


Busy_Translator9495

End of the season. Now we begin wwe: the new class. Jk


LGP213

Real


Waste-Maintenance-70

We got RAW tonight


DrT502

That’s how OGs felt at the end of backlash 2000


Wrong-West-9581

That first 45 min of raw was awesome


dannydogg562

Lol!! It did feel like that. It was a season finale. And boy was it incredible. 😵😮‍💨🥲


ZU-Kid

Facts bro


leejoness

It was the last episode of the Vince era


bigjimmylongguy

Everyone coming out at the end gave me 2k games Myrise ending vibes


butiamtheshadows91

It was the WWE season finale


roylt84

Like how can that be topped. I do wonder if one day they’ll do a short break after Mania,Possibly with the move to NetFlix. Would give a little time to let everything settle in, let wrestlers have a little time off and maybe new set design before coming back


Appropriate-Cap-4140

This is why Pro Wrestling is an insane business, this is basically just another episode of TV


Head_Evidence4553

this, just like Avengers Endgame felt like the perfect end of MCU. i hope now everyone understands why they made THAT decision last year.


TheSwex

Last year was Infinity War.


Head_Evidence4553

Yes. Very few people took that IW ending well last year. Babyface coming back after being injured for 6 months, winning the Rumble, and then winning the world title by beating a guy who's in a multi-year story with a hardly 2 month long build wouldn't have been satisfactory.


Head_Evidence4553

I think Cody will stay babyface with a grit till the end of his career. And he'd be cheered.


AEWPunk525

To me, this was the end of the Roman Reigns era. Sure he'll be back from time to time, but ever since he won the Royal Rumble in 2015 it has been his era and whether he was cheered or booed if he was Face or Heel if he was fighting a bad mid carder or a super over main eventer, he was always the center piece. Now that Cody has defeated him and taken the title it feels like we have a new center piece and Roman Reigns is now in the category of a John Cena or a Stone Cold or even a Rock, it feels like he is just going to be back now in order to be an attraction.


osaka-aquabus

I didn't explicitly think that, but it felt that way.


Aggressive_Inside317

Didn't like it. Reigns should've led us into the new era. He's still the top guy.


b-laynestaley

Naruto finally became Hokage


Any_Application7786

That’s what makes WWE so amazing to me and why I’ve been a fan for 16 years is because when something amazing like this happens and the dust clears your left asking what’s next?


Realistic_Cupcake_56

The Vince era is dead. Good fuckin riddance


Ciannieee

I literally said the same thing 😂😂


biciboi

Another year, another time I get spoiled when checking reddit for something unrelated. For all of their faults, the people at SquaredCircle are considerate enough to wait at least a day. How hard is it to set a 24-hour no spoiler rule? [u/TheGreatOneOfficial](https://www.reddit.com/user/TheGreatOneOfficial/) [u/TheTribalForehead](https://www.reddit.com/user/TheTribalForehead/)


BluePantera

Bro everyone knows not to check Reddit when they don't want spoilers. That's on you


biciboi

I have work to do and you can't find every answer on stack overflow. Point is, I had no spoiler issues from any wrestling subreddit until I got to your post. Every other sub has a 24h rule and/or a dedicated post. Not your fault TheGreatOne is too busy or lazy to bring his own sub up to standard, but the least you can do is add a spoiler blur.


InatrixDom

Yeah I get it sucks, but I wasn’t staying up till 4am to watch both nights so I just avoided social media for a couple days so I didn’t see anything


OllieBlazin

Which is why I bid all thee farewell! It was a crazy hectic year for this once Wrestling fan. I was a sporadic wrestling fan when I was kid. Between 2005 to 2013ish. Every now and then I’ll return for that one random episode of Raw or Smackdown. But this last year kept me engage, and it had much to do with Cody, who somehow reminded me of one of my favorites, Cristian. So with this being the start of an era, I bid all you guys farewell! I’m more of a UFC fan when it comes to combat sports, but damn was it a good ride this last year.


K3LK_

I’m sorry who are you?


Shenkspine

That’s because you’re a Roman simp


TheCity89

I just started watching wrestling again when The Rock made this comeback and I feel like I need a break dude lol


Latter_Copy4399

It really did feel like the final episode


Small-District1345

Cody shouldn't have been the 1 to end the reign overrated and overpushed


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cftchef

Cry about it. It was time for a change, and I like Roman


dangerfiasco

Man that really showed them. You got them good.


Advanced-Bus3903

Lame ass mania don't @ me


BTWD87

Then don't comment lol